Kaichi was not surprised to see Magnay's rebuttal, and he organized the language and said what he had prepared a long time ago:

"Your Excellency, I think there is a certain degree of short-sightedness on the part of the current council committee in the study of magic. Magic is evolving rapidly, and I have been in the Atlas for nearly a year, and when I come back, I find that the field of magic has developed beyond my expectations, and I need to relearn many things. There are many new fields of magic nowadays, and the intersection between the various fields is very obvious, there are no obvious boundaries, and they are themselves vague and imperfect, which is why we need to study them. For these new fields, it is not easy to give a specific research direction, and you must research before you know which direction you should choose.

"We can't afford to give up on studying these areas, and it's not realistic for the mages to do it themselves, which requires more resources from the council to encourage more mages to devote themselves to these new fields. And my thermal energy research institute is a useful attempt, human thermal energy not only involves energy, but also contains the movement of molecules, if only with a short-term project, it is difficult to really have an in-depth study of thermal energy. And even in terms of atoms, there is still a lot to go, and I believe that since the discovery of the periodic law of atoms, more and more mages have realized this. ”

Jia Yi's face was righteous and awe-inspiring when he spoke, and he seemed to be desperate for his ideals.

"It is useless for you to say this to me, are you sure that these words will impress the committee to pass you? and your appearance reminds me of the speeches of the nobles in the Council of Nobles, which have a lot to say, but nothing in substance. ”

Magnay smiled, easily piercing Jiayi's intentions, and then said: "If you want my support, these are not enough, at least you can show some content worthy of my support." ”

Sure enough, words alone can't convince these old monsters, they have lived too long, and they have experienced the council from nothing, and they are no longer familiar with these routines for applying for funds, and there are many reasons that Jia Yi can't even think of.

Jiayi's mind changed sharply, and he reorganized the language: "You know, heat is the manifestation of molecular motion, although it is now generally believed that atoms are the truth, but there is no way to observe atoms or molecules, especially atoms, if atoms are the most elementary particles that make up matter, why do they exhibit so many different properties, and even isotopes, these are difficult to explain by current theories. According to the periodic table, there are still many elements that have not been discovered, and will these elements continue to be ranked? Are the elements endless? All of this is a question. ”

Magnay looked at Kaichi with a smile and didn't interrupt him, listening to him continue: "According to the naïve philosophical point of view and the current theory of magic, atoms should not be much different, at most there are several limited differences, these elementary particles make up different substances, not like now, hundreds of atoms with different properties make up all matter. This does not fit the assumption that elementary particles should be concise, finite kinds.

"Perhaps, we should abandon the idea in 'atomic theory' that atoms are the most fundamental particles, or perhaps atoms are not the most fundamental particles. ”

The entire office fell silent for a moment.

The atom was not discovered, it was originally a philosophical definition, the most elementary particle that makes up matter, according to which the indivisibility of atoms is one of the fundamental laws. Later, the master developed the molecular theory based on the atomic theory, believing that the molecules composed of atoms made up the elements, and the different atoms made up the compounds.

Kaichi looked at Magnay carefully, he had expected that the other party would scold his views, after all, atomism is almost entrenched.

Magnay didn't look angry, smiling at Kaichi, his gaze seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. Just when Jia Yi felt a little unbearable, Magnay nodded lightly and said, "Your opinion is very meaningful. In fact, after you came up with the elemental period, Magni discovered that Mithril is an isotope of titanium, I discussed this with Magni. If you want to continue the study of atoms, then you should put aside the preconceived notions. The definition that atoms are the most basic building blocks of matter does not help us solve problems, but rather hinders them. ”

"Huh?" Kaichi didn't expect that Magnay had already taken a big step forward in exploring the nature of atoms, weren't they afraid that abandoning the original theory would cause the spiritual sea to shake or even collapse?

Maybe he sensed Jiayi's doubts. Magnay said, "Don't you think that we legendary mages are a bunch of stubborn old-fashioned people lying in coffins, rejecting all new things?

"We grew up with the development of modern magic, and I have participated in almost every earthquake of basic theories in the wizarding world, and there are many collisions of various theories. If we hadn't changed our minds, our heads wouldn't have known where they had been blown up.

"If you want to shake or even shatter the spiritual sea of a legendary mage, it is not just subversive enough, it must also be very sudden and have a strong impact. And the arguments are so tight that people can't find mistakes for a while. To get a legendary mage to agree with you, you need to put a complete and rigorous proof in front of them, otherwise they won't agree. Of course, if there is solid evidence, we will not be stubborn, and we have already experienced that no theory is the truth. The experience of the past can sometimes be an obstacle to our progress. ”

Magnay was much more enlightened than he had imagined, and Kaichi smiled and said, "Then, Your Excellency, do you agree with my point of view and support my application for the Thermal Energy Research Institute?" ”

(Revised later)